Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18
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Caleb Clarke rightfully getting lots of plaudits, but I was especially pleased with Hodgman.
I was a bit concerned about his early entry, but he scrummed well and was active around the park. ESPN says 8 tackles and no misses.
With all due respect to Big Karl, he would have needed 8 guys to run into him to match that.
His stats say that he's 1.96 metres tall. Is that correct? If so, he needs to watch out - that's a tall lock to John Plumtree!
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@antipodean said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
That would be you if other teams aimlessly kicked to yours.
Actually the ABs did a couple of times, but we don't have Caleb Clarke.
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@Chris-B I was concerned about Hodgman too. I remember Hodgman being destroyed by Taniela Tupou a couple of years ago in a SR game and feared that he would not be able to handle him at scrum time, but he ended up getting the upper hand which was a pleasant surprise. Feek seems to be doing a very good job with our scrum.
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@NTA said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@antipodean said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
That would be you if other teams aimlessly kicked to yours.
Actually the ABs did a couple of times, but we don't have Caleb Clarke.
my guess was, some of those infield box kicks were deliberate so that the ball was away from those 2 blockers teh Wallabies have used to effectively to break up the kick chase.
that might be wishful thinking though.
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Can you imagine Caleb Clark and Salesi Rayasi on the wings for the All Blacks ..?, that would be a handful for any defence , with Wil Jordon or BB at the back, that would terrorise most backlines in the world ..in my opinion Rayasi has been superb in the Mitre 10 cup.
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@NTA said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@antipodean said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
That would be you if other teams aimlessly kicked to yours.
Actually the ABs did a couple of times, but we don't have Caleb Clarke.
my guess was, some of those infield box kicks were deliberate so that the ball was away from those 2 blockers teh Wallabies have used to effectively to break up the kick chase.
that might be wishful thinking though.
I think more just backing the AB line defence to do the job - which it didn't a few times, and the scramble defence to clean up the rest - which it did more often than not.
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@Steven-Harris said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Can you imagine Caleb Clark and Salesi Rayasi on the wings for the All Blacks ..?, that would be a handful for any defence , with Wil Jordon or BB at the back, that would terrorise most backlines in the world ..in my opinion Rayasi has been superb in the Mitre 10 cup.
Did Rayasi have a SR contract this year, Steven? I agree, he's been outstanding. Really enjoy watching you guys on the Driving Maul btw.
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@Steven-Harris said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Can you imagine Caleb Clark and Salesi Rayasi on the wings for the All Blacks ..?, that would be a handful for any defence , with Wil Jordon or BB at the back, that would terrorise most backlines in the world ..in my opinion Rayasi has been superb in the Mitre 10 cup.
I've not seen much of either, but how are their kicking boots? Just wondering about territorial game as not everything is about running it back.
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@NTA said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@antipodean said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
That would be you if other teams aimlessly kicked to yours.
Actually the ABs did a couple of times, but we don't have Caleb Clarke.
Teach Koroibete to catch, or Tupou to hold onto the ball...
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Chris-B I was concerned about Hodgman too. I remember Hodgman being destroyed by Taniela Tupou a couple of years ago in a SR game and feared that he would not be able to handle him at scrum time, but he ended up getting the upper hand which was a pleasant surprise. Feek seems to be doing a very good job with our scrum.
Ben Afeaki has done a really nice job with the Blues scrum too. Hodgman's scrum improvement this year in Super was noteworthy.
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Steven-Harris said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Can you imagine Caleb Clark and Salesi Rayasi on the wings for the All Blacks ..?, that would be a handful for any defence , with Wil Jordon or BB at the back, that would terrorise most backlines in the world ..in my opinion Rayasi has been superb in the Mitre 10 cup.
Did Rayasi have a SR contract this year, Steven? I agree, he's been outstanding. Really enjoy watching you guys on the Driving Maul btw.
Rayasi has/had a Hurricanes contract for 2020-2021, but is also part of the All Blacks 7s.
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@Nepia Yeah - he's a worse Kyle Sinckler.
People bang on about his running game but for me his best attribute at SR level was his scrummaging. He can single-handedly demolish a scrum.
He doesn't seem to be able to translate that to test level. I prefer 7A's at test.
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@NTA said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Steven-Harris said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Can you imagine Caleb Clark and Salesi Rayasi on the wings for the All Blacks ..?, that would be a handful for any defence , with Wil Jordon or BB at the back, that would terrorise most backlines in the world ..in my opinion Rayasi has been superb in the Mitre 10 cup.
I've not seen much of either, but how are their kicking boots? Just wondering about territorial game as not everything is about running it back.
Rayasi has a strong left foot as he has played a bit at fullback. One of them would have to switch to the right wing.
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@Stargazer said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@akan004 said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Steven-Harris said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Can you imagine Caleb Clark and Salesi Rayasi on the wings for the All Blacks ..?, that would be a handful for any defence , with Wil Jordon or BB at the back, that would terrorise most backlines in the world ..in my opinion Rayasi has been superb in the Mitre 10 cup.
Did Rayasi have a SR contract this year, Steven? I agree, he's been outstanding. Really enjoy watching you guys on the Driving Maul btw.
Rayasi has/had a Hurricanes contract for 2020-2021, but is also part of the All Blacks 7s.
I hope he focuses on 15s next year. With Cobus and Lam gone, he should be a guaranteed starter for the Canes.
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@Hooroo said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
OOoooooooo I don't really want to ask this as I'm reasonably ignorant with front row goods and bads but are we over-egging the pudding saying how well our props went given the oppositions historic rubbishness at being a front row strength?
@nta will have a thing or two to say about that - the Wobs scrum isn't what it was; if they are poor, then so are all scrums in SRA
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@antipodean said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@NTA said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@antipodean said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
That would be you if other teams aimlessly kicked to yours.
Actually the ABs did a couple of times, but we don't have Caleb Clarke.
Teach Koroibete to catch
That was actually taken care of - had a shocker.
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@Hooroo said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
OOoooooooo I don't really want to ask this as I'm reasonably ignorant with front row goods and bads but are we over-egging the pudding saying how well our props went given the oppositions historic rubbishness at being a front row strength?
No.
